Tobin Grant: Corner of Church and State
Graphs: One billion reasons why World Vision matters
By Tobin Grant — April 9, 2014
World Vision is the largest U.S. relief organization with over one billion dollars in revenue each year. This is nearly double its revenue from ten years ago.
Wait! Supreme Court (in)decision isn’t its final word on religious liberty
By Tobin Grant — April 7, 2014
The takeaway from today’s denial is simple: Wait. The Court will soon say how it will resolve conflicts between religious liberty and civil rights.
Jesus said, ‘Buy an assault rifle’ and other pro-gun Bible verses
By Tobin Grant — March 26, 2014
Last fall, Family Research Council’s Gen. Jerry Boykin told the ProFamily Legislators Conference that Jesus was going to return with an AR-15 assault rifle in hand. Citing Revelation 19, Boykin said that Jesus would return as a blood-stained warrior with sword in hand. “I’ve checked this out,” Boykin said, “I believe that sword he’ll be […]
St. Patrick’s Day Graph: Irish in America are Protestant, not Catholic
By Tobin Grant — March 17, 2014
Most Irish in America aren't Catholic. And they're split evenly between political parties.
How Arizona’s ‘religious freedom’ bill became an ‘anti-gay’ bill
By Tobin Grant — February 27, 2014
Arizona's religious liberty bill became an anti-gay bill because both sides saw this a fight between religious liberty and LGBT rights.
Top 10 XKCD cartoons on science and religion
By Tobin Grant — February 12, 2014
Here's a top 10 list of XKCD religion-themed strips from the popular webcomic XKCD.
Growing divide between ‘practicing Catholics’ and ‘cultural Catholics’ in two graphs
By Tobin Grant — February 10, 2014
Today, there are more Americans who have left the Catholic church than there are Catholics who attend weekly mass.
10 simple ideas on Judaism, human rights, and hope
By Tobin Grant — February 7, 2014
This is the first in a new series of 10 simple (but not simplistic) ideas on religion and politics by religious leaders, political activists, or academics. The one rule: each idea must given in a concise, “tweetable” format. Today’s 10 Simple Ideas features Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg, a former co-chair of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for […]
Polls: Americans side with creationism in evolution debate
By Tobin Grant — February 5, 2014
Polls show Americans consistently side with creationism in evolution debate.
Graph: Americans becoming more accepting of homosexuality; less accepting of extramarital relationships
By Tobin Grant — February 3, 2014
Americans' views of sexual ethics has changed dramatically over the past four decades -- but not completely in a liberal direction. Could growing support for same-sex marriage be explained by these changes?
SOTU reactions from religious groups
By Tobin Grant — January 29, 2014
Catholic bingo, Jewish drinking game, and lots of tweets from religious groups on the SOTU.
The Great Decline: 60 years of religion in one graph
By Tobin Grant — January 27, 2014
The decline in religiosity over the past 15 years is twice as great as the decline in 1960s and 1970s.
Mike Huckabee turns ‘libido’ comments into cash
By Tobin Grant — January 24, 2014
Mike Huckabee quickly turned the media firestorm into a fundraiser for his political action committee.
Top 5 unbelievable quotes from Christian radio host Bryan Fischer
By Tobin Grant — January 23, 2014
Bryan Fischer says the darndest things. But how else we know that A&E suspending the Duck Dynasty star was a 'Mark of the Beast' or that gays started the Nazi Party?
Too many evangelicals could be bad for your marriage
By Tobin Grant — January 21, 2014
The conservative Protestant culture that encourages marriage may, ironically, be making divorce more prevalent.
